96 years ago today, on 13 May 1930 Japanese Ocean lliner Hikawa Maru started her maiden voyage from Kobe to Seattle. She is permanently berthed as a museum ship at Yamashita Park, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
MuseumShip in Yokohama, Japan
84 years ago today, on 12 May 1942, USCGC Danmark (WIX-283) was commissioned, Danish Captain Knud Hansen commanding.
SchoolShip Danmark, Frederikshavn, Denmark
85 years ago today, on 12 May 1941 Bathurst-class corvette HMAS Whyalla (J-153) was launched at Broken Hill Pty Co. Ltd in whyalla, south Australia.
MuseumShip at Whyalla City Council, Whyalla, SA, Australia
82 years ago today, on 11 May 1944, Iris-class 180-foot buoy tender USCGC Bittersweet (WLB-389) was commissioned. She was transferred to Estonia on 5 September 1997 as 'Valvas' (PVL-109), and is now a museum ship in Tallinn, Estonia.
MuseumShip at Eesti Meremuuseum, Tallinn, Estonia
On 24 May 1900 protected Cruiser Aurora was launched at Admiralty Shipyard St. Petersburg.
MuseumShip in St. Petersburg, Russia
80 years ago today, on 10 May 1946 Gearing-class destroyer USS Eversole DD-789 was commissioned with, Commander B. P. Ross in command. She was transferred to Turkey as TCG Gayre - (D-352) on 11 July 1973.
MuseumShip in Izmit, Turkey
93 years ago today, on 10 May 1933 Finnish submarine Vesikko launched at Crichton-Vulcan dock in Turku, Finland.
MuseumShip at Suomenlinna Sea Fortress, Helsinki, Finland
80 years ago today, on 9 May 1945 German Type VIIC/41 submarine U-995 surrendered at Trondheim, Norway
MuseumShip at Deutscher Marinebund, Laboe, Germany
113 years ago today, on 8 May 1913 CGS Acadia launched at Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.
MuseumShip at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, NS, Canada
22 years ago today, on 8 May 2004 Spanish Daphne class submarine Delfin (S-61) became a museumship in Torrevieja, Spain.
